INKARI performs nationally and has also performed internationally over the past 10 years.
They are widely recognized and respected among fellow musicians and audiences wherever
they go. The musicians of Inkari possess extensive backgrounds in music, production,
composition, dance, and education.
INKARI is comprised of the following talent:
HUGO NAVARRO
is from Huancavelica in the Peruvian Andes.Navarro
has spent much of his life since childhood exploring his cultural heritage as well as the other indigenous
cultures of the Americas. These studies, along with his own ideas, are realized through
his compositions and interpretations of traditional music. He has traveled extensively
and has performed for audiences on three continents. Navarro has recorded on countless
albums with half a dozen Andean musical groups before forming Inkari. He plays all
Andean instruments, as well as guitar and also sings. He specializes in the charango
and winds, and builds many of the wind instruments that Inkari uses in performing and
recording. Navarro is the musical director of Inkari.
CARMEN NAVARRO
is from Huancavelica
in Peru. She has been playing music since 1970 when she formed an instrumental and vocal duo
with her sister, performing in schools in Lima and other districts of Peru. During musical
performance tours of the interior of the country she was exposed to the traditional dances of
her Andean pueblo culture, and has studied dance ever since. Navarro has spent many years
touring as a guitarist, singer and dancer before joining Proyeccion Inkari (as they are known
in Peru). She has taught music and dance at cultural workshops in her home country and has
recorded on two albums there. With Inkari she focuses on her specialties of guitar and voice,
as well as adding some dance to the performances.
JOHNNY NAVARRO
is also from the
village of Huancavelica. He has performed and studied music in both Peru and Panama
before joining Inkari. His musical experience includes teaching the zampoņas to
children in cultural workshops as part of the extension program at the university in
Panama City. With Inkari he plays all wind instruments and percussion.
CARLO FRANCIA
is from Lima, the capital of Peru.
He has studied music since he was very young, with
an early interest in the wind instruments. He has received musical instruction from
the famous Peruvian Andean Grupo Yaguar and Fortaleza del Peru. Francia has toured
Peru with Proyeccion Inkari, participating in various cultural and musical events.
As a member of Inkari touring the United States he specializes in the percussive
instruments as well as the occasional winds.
JIMMI NUŅEZ
is also from Lima.
He has studied music at La Escuela Cultural Yaguar. He was the winner of the first
Quena del Oro organized by the Centro Cultural Yaguar in 1993. Nuņez has performed
with two prominent musical groups in Peru, participating in musical and cultural
events, as well as workshops for children. With Inkari he plays the wind instruments. |
